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pyroxylin

Pyroxylin - What does it mean?

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Pyroxylic vs Pyroxylin - What's the difference?

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As an adjective pyroxylic

is created by the destructive distillation of wood.

As a noun pyroxylin is

a highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers.

Pyroxylin vs Parkesine - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pyroxylin and parkesine

is that pyroxylin is (organic compound) a highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers while parkesine is the first man-made plastic; pyroxylin.

Pyroxylin vs Xyloidin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pyroxylin and xyloidin

is that pyroxylin is (organic compound) a highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers while xyloidin is (organic compound|dated) a compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.

Pyroxylin vs Celloidin - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pyroxylin and celloidin

is that pyroxylin is (organic compound) a highly inflammable form of nitrocellulose; used in the manufacture of collodion and lacquers while celloidin is (biology) a semisolid solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol used to embed specimens for microscopy before they are sectioned and placed on slides.